Drinking Wine After Fasts
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Question
Is it permissible to drink wine after the 17th of Tammuz, and what is the ruling for Tisha B'Av and a postponed fast?
Answer
Shalom Rav,
Drinking wine is prohibited on the night after Tisha B'Av because that is when the Temple was burned.
On a postponed Tisha B'Av, it is also forbidden to drink wine, 'due to the mourning of the day' - meaning, even though the Temple was not burned at that time, since everyone fasted on that day for the destruction of the Temple, it is not appropriate to indulge immediately after the fast.
On other fasts, it is permissible to drink after the fast ends.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 558, Se'if 1, and Rema there.
Mishna Berura there, Se'if Katan 5.